Interpersonal Adaptation

• List of figures and tables; Preface; Part I. Overview: 1. Introduction; Part II. Interaction Adaptation Theories and Models: 2. Biological approaches; 3. Arousal and affect approaches; 4. Social norm approaches; 5. Communication and cognitive approaches; Part III. Issues in Studying Interaction Adaptation: 6. Reconceptualising interaction adaptation patterns; 7. Operationalising adaptation patterns; 8. Analysing adaptation patterns; Part IV. Multimethod Tests of Reciprocity and Compensation: 9. A first illustration; 10. Further illustrations; Part V. Developing a New Interpersonal Adaptation Theory: 11. The theories revisited; 12. A research agenda; References; Index.

"...the most comprehensive coverage of the literature on interpersonal adaptation that I have seen in recent years." Cindy Gallois, Quarterly Journal of Speech